Convective trigger function for a mass-flux cumulus parameterization scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2599-2620

  Hong, Song You ^a,b,c   Pan, Hua Lu ^a  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032452896     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2599:CTFFAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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